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Lumber Camp Dining Room

Date: 1890
Description: Group of men posing in the dining room at August Mason's lumber camp. Three men are playing stringed instruments. Posters are displayed on the wall behind ...
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Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt

Date: 1931
Description: Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt in a scene from "Reunion in Vienna."
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Riverboat With Lumberjacks

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Description: Five lumberjacks, one of whom is playing the fiddle, pose by a docked riverboat with a rowboat nearby.
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Stoughton Boy Scouts

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Description: Stoughton, Wisconsin Boy Scouts of America Troop No. 1 group portrait with a dog in the front of the group. One of the members is holding a trumpet.
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Renaissance Faire

Date: 1909
Description: A group of people dressed up in medieval-style clothing.
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Ganna Walska in Operatic Costume with Lyre

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Description: Full-length portrait of Polish opera singer Ganna Walska adorned in operatic costume holding a lyre. Ms. Walska was the second wife of Harold Fowler McCorm...
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Ole Bull

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Description: Monograph of famous Norwegian violinist Ole Bull holding his violin and bow.
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Two Xylophonists at Emerson School

Date: 02 27 1935
Description: Two xylophonists playing at Emerson School Gymnasium.
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West High School Orchestra

Date: 05 25 1931
Description: West High School orchestra on stage with director.
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Don Voegeli

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Description: Don Voegeli seated at an organ.
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1st Legion Band

Date: 1920
Description: 1st Legion Band.
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Circus Group

Date: 1892
Description: A large group of circus performers and personnel, including a clown and band members, pose in front of a tent.
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Circus Show Buggy and Bandwagon

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Description: Dode Fisk, the operator of a dog and pony show and circus, drives a wire-wheeled show buggy pulled by the horse "Bobby". They are photographed next to a ...
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Group of Circus Musicians

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Description: Musicians with the Gollmar Brothers Circus pose in front of banners advertising the circus sideshow features near the entrance to the museum annex tent.
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Zor Shrine German Band

Date: 1930
Description: A maestro leads shriner musicians from the Zor Shrine German Band as they play their instruments on the steps of the Masonic Temple on Wisconsin Avenue.
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Composite of the 15th Army Corps Band

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Description: Composite of tintype portrait plates of the 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 15th Army Corps Band.
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Man with Civil War Horns

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Description: A man posing outdoors with musical horns, with notations: "E flat bass, B flat Baritone, B flat Tenor, E flat Alto, B flat Cornet, E flat 'Butterfly' Corne...
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Man Playing a 'Butterfly' Cornet

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Description: A man standing outdoors and playing a E flat 'Butterfly' cornet. Next to him is a table with two bugles on it.
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Goose Island Ramblers

Date: 1972
Description: The Goose Island Ramblers performing at Johnny's Packers Inn. Their instruments include accordions, guitar, and a fiddle. Tommy McDermott sits in on a but...
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The Hoedowners, A Country Western Trio

Date: 1950
Description: The Hoedowners, a country western trio consisting of Wendell "Wendy" Whitford, fiddleplayer; Donna Jean Lundeberg, piano accordian; and Vern Minor, guitar,...

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